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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 178, NO. 8 | Monday January 28, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Star-studded flop: Movie 43
disappoints with humor of
very little substance. PAGE 5
Catnap: Women of Troy use
quick start to secure win
against Wildcats. PAGE 12
By christina schoellkopf
Daily Trojan
Undergraduate Student
Government extended its application
deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m. for
Greek senatorial candidates because
of this year’s small applicant pool.
Of the twelve senator positions,
three are reserved for Greek senators.
There were 10 candidates for Greek
senator in 2012 and 12 in 2011.
This is not the first year there have
been too few senatorial candidates
during the election cycle. Kelly Hann,
USG’s director of communications,
said she is not surprised because it is a
common trend.
“It’s kind of cyclical,” Hann said.
“If you look at the trends over the
last six years, this tends to happen.
There’s a lot of applicants one year
and then the next year some people
get discouraged.”
Hann said there were many
applicants for the commuter and
residential senators.
USG President Mikey Geragos
said having more students running
will create stronger competition
among Greek senator candidates and
will garner a better outcome for the
election.
“We made the decision to extend
the deadline because we wanted it to
be more competitive,” Geragos said.
Geragos believes outreach is key to
garnering a larger applicant pool.
“We’re thinking about doing a
better job at marketing specifically
for Greeks. We did a really good job
overall getting other constituents,”
Geragos said.
Greek senators serve as
representatives for the entire USC
Greek community. Geragos, who
served as a Greek senator his
sophomore year, said it was a great
way for him to get involved with the
Greek senate extends application deadline
The large majority of senate
applicants are for residential
and commuter senators.
| see election, page 3 |
USG
Daily Trojan file photo
ROTC · Female members of USC’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, such as those pictured above at a
training camp in October 2011, will be allowed to serve in combat now that the Pentagon has lifted its ban.
Military
By adrienne visani
Daily Trojan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon
Panetta announced on Thursday
the lift of the long-standing ban on
women serving in combat, a policy
change that might expand future
opportunities for women in USC’s
Reserve Officers’ Training Corp
program.
Female cadets currently in
USC’s ROTC program could
possibly enter combat when the
ban is fully lifted by the Pentagon’s
January 2016 deadline.
Though hundreds of thousands
of women have been deployed and
women frequently find themselves
in combat — more than 800 women
have been wounded and 130 have
died in Iraq and Afghanistan as of
last year — overturning the 1994
Pentagon ban on women in combat
roles will allow women to formally
advance through the ranks.
“Women who are going through
our ROTC program will be able to
go into branches of the military
that were historically closed to
women, particularly infantry and
armor,” said Robert Kirkland,
commanding officer of USC Army
ROTC and a professor of military
science. “Women will also be
able to go into those branches as
officers.”
Though this development will
have a significant effect on the
equality of the U.S. armed forces
as a whole, it will not have a
major effect on the ROTC training
program itself, according to U.S.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen.
“The goal is to take away any
barriers to service and grant
women the same opportunities
ROTC women to have
option of combat roles
The repeal of the ban on
women in combat allows for
more rank advancement.
| see Military, page 3 |
By allison toh
Daily Trojan
When students at the Annenberg
School of Communication and
Journalism check out equipment
from Jim Yoder, the audio-visual
technologies manager, they might
be greeted by a card trick. After all,
Yoder has been practicing magic
since he was 8 years old.
Most people find their passions
when they are young, and Yoder
was no exception. He became
interested in magic after he
started to watch a TV show called
The Magic Land of Allakazam.
“Everybody that is anybody in
magic at my age grew up watching
this show,” Yoder said. “I watched
it every Saturday morning until it
went off the air.”
Yoder pursued his childhood
dream of becoming a magician
by becoming a member of the
Academy of Magical Arts, an
exclusive magicians-only club
that boasts more than 5,000
members, for 14 years. Members
include Mark Wilson, the star
from Yoder’s favorite TV show,
as well as celebrities including
David Copperfield and Neil Patrick
Harris. The Academy meets at
their clubhouse, the Magic Castle,
in Hollywood, Calif.
Yoder began developing his
skill in magic through the help of
multiple mentors that he has had
since he started practicing magic.
“The tricks that I [do] represent
several years of my life,” Yoder said.
Yoder was even able to meet and
befriend his longtime idol, Wilson,
through the Academy 15 years ago.
“It really and truly was so neat,”
Yoder said. “I can’t even describe
how it is to meet some icon that
you’ve always looked up to.”
Annenberg manager moonlights as magician
Yoder is a member of the
Academy of Magical Arts,
along with David Copperfield.
| see Magic, page 3 |
profile
Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan
Failed flight
Keeper Harrison James, a freshman majoring in creative writing, blocks a
shot from a Bruin chaser during the USC-UCLA Quidditch game Saturday.
USC lost to UCLA 150-40 after the Bruins made a quick grab for the snitch.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 178, NO. 8 | Monday January 28, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Star-studded flop: Movie 43
disappoints with humor of
very little substance. PAGE 5
Catnap: Women of Troy use
quick start to secure win
against Wildcats. PAGE 12
By christina schoellkopf
Daily Trojan
Undergraduate Student
Government extended its application
deadline to Tuesday at 5 p.m. for
Greek senatorial candidates because
of this year’s small applicant pool.
Of the twelve senator positions,
three are reserved for Greek senators.
There were 10 candidates for Greek
senator in 2012 and 12 in 2011.
This is not the first year there have
been too few senatorial candidates
during the election cycle. Kelly Hann,
USG’s director of communications,
said she is not surprised because it is a
common trend.
“It’s kind of cyclical,” Hann said.
“If you look at the trends over the
last six years, this tends to happen.
There’s a lot of applicants one year
and then the next year some people
get discouraged.”
Hann said there were many
applicants for the commuter and
residential senators.
USG President Mikey Geragos
said having more students running
will create stronger competition
among Greek senator candidates and
will garner a better outcome for the
election.
“We made the decision to extend
the deadline because we wanted it to
be more competitive,” Geragos said.
Geragos believes outreach is key to
garnering a larger applicant pool.
“We’re thinking about doing a
better job at marketing specifically
for Greeks. We did a really good job
overall getting other constituents,”
Geragos said.
Greek senators serve as
representatives for the entire USC
Greek community. Geragos, who
served as a Greek senator his
sophomore year, said it was a great
way for him to get involved with the
Greek senate extends application deadline
The large majority of senate
applicants are for residential
and commuter senators.
| see election, page 3 |
USG
Daily Trojan file photo
ROTC · Female members of USC’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, such as those pictured above at a
training camp in October 2011, will be allowed to serve in combat now that the Pentagon has lifted its ban.
Military
By adrienne visani
Daily Trojan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon
Panetta announced on Thursday
the lift of the long-standing ban on
women serving in combat, a policy
change that might expand future
opportunities for women in USC’s
Reserve Officers’ Training Corp
program.
Female cadets currently in
USC’s ROTC program could
possibly enter combat when the
ban is fully lifted by the Pentagon’s
January 2016 deadline.
Though hundreds of thousands
of women have been deployed and
women frequently find themselves
in combat — more than 800 women
have been wounded and 130 have
died in Iraq and Afghanistan as of
last year — overturning the 1994
Pentagon ban on women in combat
roles will allow women to formally
advance through the ranks.
“Women who are going through
our ROTC program will be able to
go into branches of the military
that were historically closed to
women, particularly infantry and
armor,” said Robert Kirkland,
commanding officer of USC Army
ROTC and a professor of military
science. “Women will also be
able to go into those branches as
officers.”
Though this development will
have a significant effect on the
equality of the U.S. armed forces
as a whole, it will not have a
major effect on the ROTC training
program itself, according to U.S.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen.
“The goal is to take away any
barriers to service and grant
women the same opportunities
ROTC women to have
option of combat roles
The repeal of the ban on
women in combat allows for
more rank advancement.
| see Military, page 3 |
By allison toh
Daily Trojan
When students at the Annenberg
School of Communication and
Journalism check out equipment
from Jim Yoder, the audio-visual
technologies manager, they might
be greeted by a card trick. After all,
Yoder has been practicing magic
since he was 8 years old.
Most people find their passions
when they are young, and Yoder
was no exception. He became
interested in magic after he
started to watch a TV show called
The Magic Land of Allakazam.
“Everybody that is anybody in
magic at my age grew up watching
this show,” Yoder said. “I watched
it every Saturday morning until it
went off the air.”
Yoder pursued his childhood
dream of becoming a magician
by becoming a member of the
Academy of Magical Arts, an
exclusive magicians-only club
that boasts more than 5,000
members, for 14 years. Members
include Mark Wilson, the star
from Yoder’s favorite TV show,
as well as celebrities including
David Copperfield and Neil Patrick
Harris. The Academy meets at
their clubhouse, the Magic Castle,
in Hollywood, Calif.
Yoder began developing his
skill in magic through the help of
multiple mentors that he has had
since he started practicing magic.
“The tricks that I [do] represent
several years of my life,” Yoder said.
Yoder was even able to meet and
befriend his longtime idol, Wilson,
through the Academy 15 years ago.
“It really and truly was so neat,”
Yoder said. “I can’t even describe
how it is to meet some icon that
you’ve always looked up to.”
Annenberg manager moonlights as magician
Yoder is a member of the
Academy of Magical Arts,
along with David Copperfield.
| see Magic, page 3 |
profile
Austin Vogel | Daily Trojan
Failed flight
Keeper Harrison James, a freshman majoring in creative writing, blocks a
shot from a Bruin chaser during the USC-UCLA Quidditch game Saturday.
USC lost to UCLA 150-40 after the Bruins made a quick grab for the snitch.